Syntrophomonas zehnderi sp. nov., an anaerobe that degrades long-chain fatty acids in co-culture with Methanobacterium formicicum

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 609-615

  Sousa, Diana Z ^a,b   Smidt, Hauke ^b   Madalena Alves, M ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID DEGRADATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNTROPHOMONAS; SYNTROPHOMONAS ERECTA; SYNTROPHOMONAS WOLFEI; SYNTROPHOMONAS ZEHNDERI;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; SYNTROPHOMONAS; SYNTROPHOMONAS ERECTA; SYNTROPHOMONAS SP. TB-6; SYNTROPHOMONAS WOLFEI;

EID: 33947314488     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64734-0     Document Type: Article

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